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Can you complete these passages from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'? You are given the beginning, and some additional words.

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In April 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. was jailed for his involvement in non-violent protests of racial segregation in Birmingham. There, he wrote this letter, defending the protests and condemning racial segregation and inequality.
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Injustice anywhere
 
 
 
 
 
 
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Society must protect the robbed
 
 
 
 
Shallow understanding from people of good will
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I have consistently preached that nonviolence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One who breaks an unjust law
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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